The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13

hot springs are now TO be seen steaming
up in the cold atmosphere from the bot
tom of the canyon, presenting fine
sight. and which in the. summer are
hardly n ticeable. Thus, by Mr.. Hay
nes' daring courage and enterprise, a
hundred or more scenes of the parks
mldWinter grandeur, in the form of ster-
eoscoptic views, will soon find their way
into the homes of the many who will
purchase them, The little party of adj
venturers returned via the trail over
Mount Washburn, leaving their tent and
all surplus baggage at the Falls hotel.
They expected to reach Yancey's-
twenty miles-in one days travel, and
set out early in the morning with but
two biscuits each. About 2 p. M they
proudly scaled the summit of Mount
Washburn and were making the ascent
when a binding blizzard set In, compel,
ing them 10 go into camp, which they
did by scooplng out hole in the snow
about four feet square with their snow
shoes, in the middle of which fire was
kindled with difficulty, and all gathered
around it. The snow beat in upon them
hereely for a time, but stiff fire was
kept up, which soon melted the snow
around it until a globe-shaped space
was formed which afforded fair shelter
N the absence of tent, though
THEY SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY
from cold. Here the balance of the day
and the night was spent waiting for the
storm to subside, without food and with
out sleep-the latter being prohibited.
When the morning broke the storm had
ceased, but dense fog prevailed. In
this thew attempted to reach Yancey's,
out after travelling all day and making
about twenty miles, night again over
took them in the mountains and they
again prepared camp as on the night
before. The weather was intensely cold
in this high altitude, and the only
means of procuring wood with which to
>eep up fire was by breaking limbs
from the surrounding trees, and this
was attended with much difficulty as
the men had now become very weak
from hunger and thirst. They bore up
bravely, however, and managed to keep
from freezing until the dawn of the
third day, when the fog had raised and
by taking bearings from the top of
ridge near they discovered themselves
to be within a short distance of where
they had camped the night previous.
All knew the country well In clear at
moSphere, and they at once saw the dir
ectiOn they should take.
WITH RENEWED COURAGE
they again set out for Mr.. Yancey's
Whose place they fortunately reached at
about 8 p. m. Here every kindness and
attention was extended them, and they
were soon restored from their greatly
famished condition. During TINS trip
snowslldes were frequently heart dur
ing the day tearing down the mountaiu
side with deafening roar, and carrying
avery thing before them, and the
thoughts of the liability of being thus
swept into eternity by one of them were
not at all pleasant to contemplate. The
party had previously very narrowly es-
capped being buried in snowslide when
passing through Bridger Canyon, where
one came down but few feet ahead of
them with a terrific force and was of
such magnitude as to dam the river for
several hours. IL even passed so near
them that the point on which they W ere
standing was loosened and moved down
ward several feet and was only checked
by some heavy boulders from carrying
hem with 1t down a steep incline several
hundred feet. Thus, viewing Wonder
land in midwinter was perilous under
taking, and the men who so successfully
accomplished it could not now be in
duced for money to retrace their steps.
Butte Miner.